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Secondly, the survey covers the hydrogen demand of the five case studies resulting from the following carbon intensive industry sectors: ammonia, methanol,
steel manufacturing and oil refining. This information addresses the “Hydrogen
demand” element of the renewable hydrogen framework.
Thirdly, the survey consists on combining the data collected from the two first
elements (i.e. renewable energy offer and hydrogen demand) to provide an order
of magnitude of the potential for decarbonisation in the chosen industry sectors.
The survey design is summarized in the figure 5.4.
The underpinning policy instruments have been identified during the literature
review.
5.3.1 Determining the Renewable Energy offer
The determination of the renewable energy offer is broken down into four steps:
(1) The current renewable energy offer
(2) The planned renewable energy offer (at horizon 2030)
(3) The renewable energy offer at its maximum technical potential
(4) The scenarios for providing renewable electricity for electrolysis purpose
The current renewable energy offer
The author estimates the current renewable energy production based on the installed wind and solar PV capacity and the corresponding local renewable energy
resources.
For the estimation of the yearly generation of electricity from solar PV, the
following formula is used:
Solar P V generation = PV OU T ∗ 365 ∗ Solar P V capacit y
(5.1)
Where:
• Solar PV generation is electricity generation during a year in TWh y −1 .
• PVOUT is the specific photovoltaic power output in TWh/TW p per day. The
specific photovoltaic power output data are obtained from the “Global Solar
Atlas 2.0”, a free, web-based application is developed and operated by the
company Solargis s.r.o. on behalf of the World Bank Group, utilizing Solargis data, with funding provided by the Energy Sector Management Assistance
Program (ESMAP) (Global Solar Atlas n.d.).
5 Empirical Research for Establishing the Potential of Renewable Hydrogen …
Secondly, the survey covers the hydrogen demand of the five case studies resulting from the following carbon intensive industry sectors: ammonia, methanol,
steel manufacturing and oil refining. This information addresses the “Hydrogen
demand” element of the renewable hydrogen framework.
Thirdly, the survey consists on combining the data collected from the two first
elements (i.e. renewable energy offer and hydrogen demand) to provide an order
of magnitude of the potential for decarbonisation in the chosen industry sectors.
The survey design is summarized in the figure 5.4.
The underpinning policy instruments have been identified during the literature
review.
5.3.1 Determining the Renewable Energy offer
The determination of the renewable energy offer is broken down into four steps:
(1) The current renewable energy offer
(2) The planned renewable energy offer (at horizon 2030)
(3) The renewable energy offer at its maximum technical potential
(4) The scenarios for providing renewable electricity for electrolysis purpose
The current renewable energy offer
The author estimates the current renewable energy production based on the installed wind and solar PV capacity and the corresponding local renewable energy
resources.
For the estimation of the yearly generation of electricity from solar PV, the
following formula is used:
Solar P V generation = PV OU T ∗ 365 ∗ Solar P V capacit y
(5.1)
Where:
• Solar PV generation is electricity generation during a year in TWh y −1 .
• PVOUT is the specific photovoltaic power output in TWh/TW p per day. The
specific photovoltaic power output data are obtained from the “Global Solar
Atlas 2.0”, a free, web-based application is developed and operated by the
company Solargis s.r.o. on behalf of the World Bank Group, utilizing Solargis data, with funding provided by the Energy Sector Management Assistance
Program (ESMAP) (Global Solar Atlas n.d.).